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Cingulata Collection

Background imageCingulata Collection: Megatherium and Glyptodon

Megatherium and Glyptodon
Sheet 5 of a series of posters by Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862 showing Megatherium and Glyptodon. Date: circa 1862

Background imageCingulata Collection: Dragon stick insect and Stagmomantis domingensis

Dragon stick insect and Stagmomantis domingensis
Dragon stick insect, Haplopus jamaicensis 1, and Stagmomantis domingensis 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London

Background imageCingulata Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 692

Curtis British Entomology Plate 692
Hymenoptera: Tenthredo cingulata = Strongylogaster lineata [Plant: Spergula arvensis (Corn Spurrey)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageCingulata Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 128

Curtis British Entomology Plate 128
Lepidoptera: Pyrausta cingulalis = Pyrausta cingulata (Silver-barred Sable) [Plant: Bromus mollis (Soft Brome-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageCingulata Collection: Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Specimen from The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCingulata Collection: Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite

Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a box mite, showing how the body has fused into one single segment

Background imageCingulata Collection: Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo
Hand coloured lithograph by John James Audubon from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848. Date: 1848

Background imageCingulata Collection: Tail of a Glyptodon

Tail of a Glyptodon
The Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina

Background imageCingulata Collection: Tortoise and armadillo comparison

Tortoise and armadillo comparison
A really strange picture, reminds me of 1960s New York art

Background imageCingulata Collection: A group of mammals and birds

A group of mammals and birds
Plate 37, hand coloured engraving, from Thesaurus Volume 1, 1734, by Albertus Seba (1665-1736)

Background imageCingulata Collection: Otiorhynchus armadillo and O. salicicola, armadillo weevil

Otiorhynchus armadillo and O. salicicola, armadillo weevil
A pair of armadillo weevils on a leaf. Weevils are characterised by elongated rostrums or snouts

Background imageCingulata Collection: Otiorhynchus armadillo and O. salicicola, armadillo weevil

Otiorhynchus armadillo and O. salicicola, armadillo weevil
A pair of armadillo weevils on a leaf. Weevils are characterised by elongated rostrums or snouts

Background imageCingulata Collection: Glyptodon clavipes, giant armadillo

Glyptodon clavipes, giant armadillo
Extinct herbivore that died out about 10, 000 years ago on display in the Central Hall at The Natural History Museum, London. The Glyptodon was named by Sir Richard Owen in 1839

Background imageCingulata Collection: Glyptodon claipes

Glyptodon claipes specimen on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London. It was the most armoured of all the ice age mammals

Background imageCingulata Collection: Glyptodon, giant armadillo

Glyptodon, giant armadillo
Skeleton of Glyptodon, meaning carved tooth. The Glyptodon was a mammal which lived between 2 million years ago to around 15, 000 years ago. See image number 1136 for model

Background imageCingulata Collection: Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)


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